Jimmy Cliff Quotes
People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?'
Quotes to Explore
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I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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It's almost like he's started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don't know why, but there's just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.
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I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess – perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.
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To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing with form as a sculptor, you feel that you are quite free in attempting to mould and shape things you want to do, but in architecture, it's much more difficult because it has to have a function.
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The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
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What we really mean by free will... is the visualizing of alternatives and making a choice between them. ...the central problem of human consciousness depends on this ability to imagine.
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With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways.
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I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again.
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What a lot of people don't realise is that damage to hair starts from washing your hair in a rush and not taking all the product out such as leave-in conditioners. So I always make sure that I cleanse my hair properly and get the shampoo and conditioner completely out.
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People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?'
